Recently I have gained a tremendous friend in Mr. Anthony Waldrop. He has an amazing history of pastoring a church for over 25 years,and being a business man, a father, and a husband. The letter below he wrote after experiencing the Life Company’s community. Enjoy!!

Intro: The Following Information is my (Anthony S. Waldrop) observation of the intricate unveiling of the LIFE Leadership as observed by me, an outsider, with no previous or prior knowledge of LIFE Leadership, or any other class or similar type of business.

Oh the Funny part is, in my mind, I can read this in three voice, Orrin’s, Chris’s, and Bill’s! I love it. LOL

MY TWELEVE REVELATIONS OF LIFE, BY ANTHONY S. WALDROP 2/2/2017

Revelation: a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way.

Revelation of INTEREST: When you come out to a Tuesday night, and are first introduced to the “Community,” right off the get-go you learn that there is real interest among the participates. It doesn’t take too long to see that there is an excellence that permeates the group. Respect, class and a genuine warmth is transferred between all the people, and visitors are treated kindly and made to feel comfortable and welcome. The fact that people take effort to dress well and treat the event as important is impossible to overlook.

Revelation of “Presents” There is a special speaker there who has respect from the attenders with a measureable level of success, they are a person with “Presents”. They are a Leader in the group, a great communicator, with a great testimony and they have respect, and they should be paid attention to.

Revelation of “Excitement”: They have big and power packed events, and they have tickets in their hand and they are convinced you should go. Excitement is ingrained in these people, (at this point you’re unsure why).

Revelation of “Current”: A body of water or air moving in a DEFINATE DIRECTION. When you get to a “Major” you walk into a “WOW” atmosphere. As the weekend moves through its speakers you experience the “Current”. The “Current” is the mixture of Interest, Presents, Excitement, and now you add the “Direction”. Direction explains the movement of the event, everything is moving in the same direction; definition, understanding, teaching, exhortation which leads into the next Revelation…

Revelation of “Purpose”: The reason something is done or created, the reason something exists. When Purpose begins to come into focus, there is a conflict of mind, people are trying to figure out if they are there simply as a consumer, or if they are there for more noble reasons. Those who don’t get this Revelation of Purpose, never get one step closer to escaping the Financial Matrix. Their stance is so defensive, and mind so cynical that they are endanger of “Paying the Devils toll ASW” for the rest of their life. This discovery of Purpose is a process, that is why the length of the event is important. It takes time to sink in, one speaker after the next, covering so many minds with so many favors of the same fruit, the Purpose starts to sink in. The PURPOSE is both DEEP and MULTI-FACETED, one facet of PURPOSE is to slay the “Giant”, to stop “Paying the Devils toll” asw (interest, overages, over draft fees etc.), Orrin actually made a reference to defeating the Financial Matrix and breaking its hold on us as a nation! I caught that, and I was like, wow, this man is a true Crusader! It is the realization that the Matrix can be made powerless in the lives of those who learn the Principles of LIFE. Another facet of the Purpose, is developing an offense that can “turn money from a Master to a Servant LLR” Then there is the Purpose of Charity, being a blessing, and the Purpose of living our Dreams. I’m sure there is more!

The Revelation of Community: You would think that is understood earlier in the process, not for me. The “Following” the Fellowship, the Team Meetings, the caravans, and shared rooms, the interaction between the people, black, white, yellow, red, brown the Mennonite, the disabled the old and the young. There is a common cause that brings these folks together! A compensated community!

The Revelation of Tutelage: Protection of or authority over someone or something; guardianship. I begin to see and understand that there is a “Guardianship” over LIFE. Orrin, Chris, and rest of the LIFE’s Leaders are literally, Watchers on the Wall over the company. There has been an investment of blood sweat and tears is LIFE. LIFE mean more to its Leaders than just a conduit of wealth, theirs a nurturing and great interest in the Purpose of LIFE. You understand that this Company is structured to Grow and set up for the benefit if the community. The Character of the LIFE Leaders are on display through their content. The identity of LIFE and its Leaders are not divisible!

The Revelation ofMentorship: When I experienced the Mentorship in LIFE, when I was drawn into the meeting in the hall in KY, and Aron Radosa put his approval on the Band of Brother and elevated us and edified us, that was a good feeling. I discovered that I was in the present of a true Leader. Then I discovered that this very important man, this respected man, he was going to lead me and train me and teach me, and stay right there to help me get on track. When I sat in a living room and Julie and I got to talk to Bill and Keisha and hear Bill teach, like six feet away, I’m blown away. The Mentorship of LIFE is spot on. Too understand that I can tell a friend, hay, sign here and you get Aron too! Wow…. just awesome. When I saw the way Mary andKeisha treated Julie, and I saw the Women I love, receiving love from Mary at our home, and that it was real. I had the Revelation that these people were way more than just LIFE Employees. They were special.

The Revelation of MY DREAM: I told Aron and Bill what had happen as John taught our last Tuesday. It was a combination of so much that I had been experiencing, but John drove it home so well. I had my Dream high-jacked, my Dreams were the victim of a “Dream Virus” right out of the Financial Matrix. I had reached my “Current” Dream status and it wasn’t good. I was living my Dream to just get by, and I was the master at it! L I really no longer believed that Julie and I could have an Amazing Home on a Private Lake and use it as a Hospitality House for struggling Marriages and Pastors in Crisis, to spend the last 20 so or years of my life sowing into people. Now I have that dream back thanks to LIFE Leadership. Except now I’ve added sharing LIFE as part of that Dream. Financial Freedom is the current path I’m on!

The Last Revelation,The Revelation Difference: that Julie and I can make a difference on a much broader scale then we have in the past. Because we have the Content, the Commerce, and the Community to do it with!

The last two I see, but I don’t yet understand well enough to put do a thought.

This past weekend Mary and I spent our time down in Columbus, Ohio. We had the honor to be around literally thousands of people from all walks of life (race, creed, color, age, religion, etc.) with the mindset to become better. To say that it was incredible, would be an understatement! Between the resources available, the amazing speakers, and the fellowship of the group, it is an environment for all. The Life Leadership company is growing at a thunderous rate. I am not going to change your mind on what has been accomplished, nor what this company stands for, but facts don’t lie. Here is 2 compelling articles that you MUST read. I pray you take the time to showing up at a local seminar and find out that there are real people who have gone through real things that are helping real people get through their real events. The Life Leadership Company is real, and its better than you think as my mentor, Bill Lewis once told me.

As we come into the year of 2014, some people are resolute in improving their results from last year. People are anxious to look inside themselves and find faults. The #’s of individuals who go out and get health club memberships and buy books in January is staggering. But what is the results of this self-examination. Usually by February, the workout facilities should become bars (this would continue to attract the new club members, 🙂 ) and the books assume their dusty realm of “I’ll get to it”. Now, this is not new or even surprising information. The question that lingers is that of “I want change but how?” or likely, “How do I stay consistent?”

Napoleon Hill (“Think and Grow Rich) and Robert Kiyosaki (Cash Flow Quadrants), both well-respected sages in the truth arena, wrote (over 60 years apart) that the atmosphere is most important aspect of improvement. You become what you surround yourself with. Good in = Good out, Bad in = Bad out. They say it more eloquently, but you get the picture. I am not trying to say that those around you are bad, or evil, or not good for you. People just “don’t know what they don’t know” cause “if they did know, what they say they know, they would have different results, you know”.

There is an atmosphere of improvement. Whether it is improving your business or job results, improving your self-confidence, improving family and marriage skills, gaining strength in your spiritual walk, understanding the deep principles of freedom, or understanding the offense, defense, and playing field of finances, it all has to do with the environment you put yourselves in. I believe that is all encompassed in the Life Leadership company. I challenge you to prove me wrong. Get around the likes of Orrin Woodward, Chris Brady, Bill Lewis, and Holger Spiewak and not improve. Give yourself an adult time-frame (6 months to a year). I bet the improvement is noticed much quicker! And I bet you stay consistent for a lot longer with the information you tune into.

Here is an example from Ed, who is a business owner for 19 years and initially, a true skeptic of Life Leadership :

I totally lost track of time last night watching movies with the kids. Around eleven, I grabbed my phone thinking it must be close to ten and UGGGGH! At that point I saw your text and got to thinking. About expecting to win….. I’ve been around this organization long enough to know one can expect to win. But what is a win and what is expectation, is what makes it a bit of a conundrum in my head. The old adage you get what you expect is so true here. If I get involved and do nothing, then I will surely get all the expectations that go with that effort. But once I got busy reading associating and listening my expectations of a win started to clarify. Through consistent effort to right the ship that is my thinking my expectation of winning grows bigger. Like any endeavor without consistency it also can shape my expectation. I can expect slow long coming results with this business if I don’t go make it happen. Why still results? Because this works and someone in your organization will step up and lead. However, for me that’s not an option. Expecting things, especially a big win in life is never fulfilled on luck and a prayer as they say. It’s determination and guts that will bring home the win. Recently I started reading A Whole New Mind. So far it’s a great discussion about how we learn in this day and age. About left brain mechanics and right brain art. This “win” we talk of that is to be expected comes with not so much understanding the whole left vs. right brain argument, but rather by focusing on the practice of art with mechanics. Dealing with prospects it’s the art that will drive them to do the mechanics that no one initially wants to do. It’s a natural progression as with anything. To get from point a to b requires c, so go do c and the wins will stack up. But without the art side driving us, the mechanics will and do bog us down. For some the idea of a win isn’t expected and they’ll get exactly that. Until we build the art side, “feed the elephant” so to speak long enough to change that expectation it will never change. For me concentrating on expectation of a win is what keeps me looking for that next big leader that will benefit all our lives in our community from just being around them. I expect myself to do the work for a win, I expect myself to be willing to talk through just about anything a teammate wants to discuss even if it doesn’t advance the ball immediately, I expect to have people be negative and outright ignorant about what I do, I expect that over time I’ll grow enough artistically that the mechanics will flow naturally, I expect that the next seminar is going to be the best because it’s there my newest teammate “sees” it. I expect to struggle to keep tools flowing but constantly get better, I expect that this Tuesday is the one where a team member breaks out, and most importantly I expect to repay the efforts of my upline by paying it forward to the next individual willing to stand and say my time is now. For all these expectations require effort and with the LIFE leadership community I can expect a win because it’s built on honesty integrity and character. Oh and from my most recent lesson learned, you can expect to pay attention to time, it’s gonna pass whether or not you are noticing. Sorry again about missing the call last night. I know you would never bring it up negatively, but I hate the feeling of letting others down even if it’s something as simple as being involved with a call. To this day when I’m late for work, I get all balled up inside like I’m going to get fired for being late. I could only be so lucky eh? lol

Try it and you will like it. “Hey! He likes it! Mikie likes it He really likes it!” (for my 80’s crowd)

Chris Brady‘s [best-selling author of Launching a Leadership Revolution and Rascal] recent release through the Team system, “Depth or Psychiatry” struck a chord with me. He has a statement of “Fakers vs Posers”. The claim is one of “Fakers” will present a false self and make claims that they have achieved or gained something that they have not, while “Posers” are achievers in process, and have the look and mind-set to attain their goals. This was brought to life on Saturday when I got a chance to take my son to an old fashion auction. The items included garage stuff, farm equipment, and whole bunch of firearms. Talk about a “man-sale”. Tons of great stuff available, but also, tons of people watching. Everyone registers for a bidding number and talks the “big talk”- what everything is worth and how many items they will leave with. As consistently as ever, people act like they know something about something, but when the bidding starts, the “faker” shows the rest of the world he is missing the courage of his previous convictions. His or her number never comes up in the bidding war.

Chris puts a stark difference between the words of faker and poser, and more important, the titles given to people. As God would have it, Brady’s talk also aligns with the new release of Oliver DeMille‘s talk “The Culture of Freedom and How to Spread It!” [LIFE 62]. Oliver talks of 5 traits required to turn a nation toward freedom. One of these traits is “sensus plenior” which means multiple senses. This is the characteristic of looking at questions, objects, situations, and written words with multiple meanings not just one. With my want to define both “poser” and “faker” only as the same, Chris raised my eyebrow to something significant different.

Let’s dive into these two titles and see where it leads us.

I first wanted to see how the world defines them. Wikipedia defines “faker” as a charlatan, someone who fakes, and/or a person who makes deceitful pretenses. This is a tough title to say the least, but we all seem to know a “faker” when we are around one. John Eldridge, author of Wild at Heart, gives some insight by stating that every man’s deepest fear is to be exposed, to be found out, or to be discovered as an impostor and not really a man. This brings back the meaning to the old 80’s song line by Billy Joel, “When that old stranger comes along” . Some have a mask/false self that allows them to fit in with the “norm”, and as Chris Brady declares in Rascal, the “committee of They” determines the norm. The problem is that no one knows who “they” are. Most don’t want to feel like they are outside of the crowd. But as I researched the data, it became abundantly clear that the one that is faking knows for sure that they are playing a false game. The “faker” appears to be self-imposed. John Owen claims this mind-set is like a strong castle with a treacherous party residing inside (ready to betray at the first opportunity possible). The castle cannot be kept safe from the outside enemy because the real problem is within. If we are “fake” to our self, we will be eaten from within. The “faker” knows it and labels themselves as what they have become. Dale Carnegie states “when dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity”.

In contrast, Wikipedia defines “poser” as one governed not by the clothes, music, or make-up you wear, but rather by the state of mind and the conformity to their own beliefs. This is an individual whom is original and self-guided, but gets labeled by others because they cannot see the individual’s vision. Orrin Woodward once said that a man with a clear vision of his goals looks like a greyhound running after the rabbit around the track. The only problem is that the spectators cannot see the rabbit. The “poser” sees the world as it will be, but keeps their feet in reality, in order to get traction to move forward. Sounds like we need more “posers” and less “fakers”.

Let’s do our part to turn the table toward “posers”. Posing requires a vision, the clear image of an expected tomorrow. As Lou Holtz proclaims, “every victory is won before the game is played” It is about setting the expectation and adding courage. Vince Poscente in the ant and theElephant, puts it this way, “Make a commitment to positive dominant thoughts. Shift beliefs, attitudes, and truths so they are aligned with your vision. Envision having the goal rather than merely wanting the goal”. Now take that commitment and focus on forward. This is all mixed with a powerful dose of imagination.

Now, each step you take is like practice for the future and will be like “a drop in the bucket”. With each drop, the bucket gets closer to full which is the fulfillment of the vision. Every great athlete or team makes their practices feel, look, and sound like the real thing. “The more you sweat in practice, the less in bleed on the field” Marcus Lattrel. Take a lesson from my son, Sam. No matter the object, he can make his finger, his hand, a piece of wood, a stone, or any toy into a “real” race car. Is he faking it or just planning for the future through what Einstein called, “the preview of life’s coming attraction”? In my mind, Sam is a “poser” and you may need his level of imagination to see the truth.

Let’s end this with a great example from Gus Lee’s book, Courage. –Major H. Norman Schwarzkopf was teaching a class at West Point during the author’s time as a cadet. One day, the Major decided, “I will teach you the meaning of leadership and courage”. The author knew that Major Schwarzkopf was a great man, and he was the academy’s most highly decorated combat veteran of the new controversial war in Vietnam. He said ” Imagine that you and the troops for which you are responsible are on the international border. The enemy can cross it and strike at you without impunity. But you can’t cross the border and that order comes from the commander-in-chief. Now every night, the enemy crosses the border to kill and wound your men, who are Vietnamese Airborne volunteers in your care. And every night, you chase the enemy, but they escape at the border, where you stop, as you are ordered. Here’s the question: when the enemy hits you again tonight, do you pursue them over the line? Or do you follow orders and halt at the border? The Major asked for questions. Hands went up. “If we cross it, will it start a new war?” No. “If we cross the border, can we destroy the enemy?” Yes. “If we cross it and get caught, are we in big trouble?” Absolutely.Your president will be very displeased. With you. Personally. Gentlemen, [should you] STOP or GO? The author and many others stated to “STOP” with the belief that one should ever disobey orders of the president. A few wrote “GO” and the major smiled. He said that there are two kinds of people in the world: leaders and careerists. Leaders have character. They act for what is right and would die for their men. Careerists are self-centered, and self-absorbed. They act out of selfishness and sacrifice their men for a promotion. They save their skin instead of others’. Careerists can’t lead. Major finished by saying that leaders cross the border. Destroy the enemy to protect your men. Then they take the personal consequences to their career, knowing that they violated an order but acted for what is right. They feel pride in getting court-martialed and being reduced to private—

You choose– Faker or Poser. Or as Major Schwarzkopf says, Careerist or Leader.

In the shadow of Memorial Day here in the United States, I recently finished the amazing story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in WWII. The book is In Harm’s Way by Doug Stanton.

This book chronicles the incredible peril of the survivors of this proud ship of the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet . To give a short summary(very short):”the early morning of July 30, 1945,..the USS Indianapolis, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, immediately killing nearly 300 men, and sending as many as 900 others into the black, churning embrace of the vast Philippine Sea, some 350 miles from nearest landfall. Four days later when the navy finally learned of the sinking, only 321 of these sailors were still among the living”.

The best-selling author,Chris Brady, talks about being “messed-up” watching the movie, Saving Private Ryan. Not only the intensity of the cinematography but our mind and heart’s feelings of what it must have been on the Omaha beach-head. This movie is concluded with the great Captain telling the Private that he had better make his life count. Now I was “messed-up” in this same way following the completion of the this book. It is the combination of the 1,196 brave sailors that set out to sail against an aggressive enemy, the USS Indianapolis,alone, on a secret mission to carry the components of the “Little Boy” atomic bomb, the twin torpedo strikes that sunk the majestic ship in 11 minutes, and the 900 men in and 321 men out of the water ratio of 4 1/2 days later due to exposure, fuel-oil and saltwater ingestion, and hundreds of shark attacks. But maybe the most striking characteristic was the common thread of the survivors mind-set – “I am going to live”.

Wow! Volumes of books and blogs could and probably are written on this subject of the desire to live. It can be put in so many different textual forms. I thought I had a fair idea of the mind-set required. But after the survivors were quoted this passage “I am going to live”, I found more meaning. How many of us just get frustrated with our commute to work, or “left-lane” drivers, or our coffee is cold, or same dinner again, or even, “it’s raining”? Our attitude is critical. What are we telling ourselves? Bill Lewis, co-founder of the company,Life, states, “Our communication struggles are not primarily a struggle of technique but a struggle of the heart. Our war of words is not with other people ; it is a battle within.” How can we survive if we are destroying our lives from within?

At the same time of finishing this book, I completed the 3rd week of the Mental Fitness Challenge (MFC). The week was spent on topic of Attitude. God has such a perfect way of putting an exclamation point on the week. Listening several times to Claude Hamilton‘s CD, Attitude, and reading through Orrin Woodward‘s chapter on attitude in Resolved, there is no doubt one can take specific intent to “live’ again. As these survivors of the USS Indianapolis choose their attitude despite the situation, we can too! I look forward to your choice of “I am going to live”! Live the life God expects of you. Take the Challenge to help you formulate a game plan and right attitude to achieve your life goals. I would expect a WIN!!

Between the comments by multiple people in my life and two leaders in the world today- Chris Brady and Bill Lewis, I believe everyone should be striving with their family, friends, and co-workers to challenge each other with the Mental Fitness Challenge.

What a grand challenge! For the last 10 years, I have been emersed in the self-improvement and leadership environment and as I go through the MFC, I find myself constantly being encouraged to be more. In a world that believes that just by doing more will translate into a “win”, I feel through the 1st 8 days, I am called to be more. In the 1st CD (MFC1 – 13 Resolutions for Life), Orrin Woodward talks about true involvement in any worthwhile endeavor requires mind, heart, and will. He demostrates how the “soul can be schooled” through the improvements of each area.

In the 2nd CD (MFC2- Self-directed Education), Chris Brady coins the phrase “Refe-vival-ssance” ( I apologize for the spelling. This is my guess of the correct spelling). This is the concept of three needs in today’s world. 1) Reformation – A return to the truth in all aspects. 2) Revival – An excitement of multiple generations and individuals talking and living the truth. 3) Renaissance – An appreciation of the beauty of art, music, and literature without the loss of truth.

I will not take away your joy 0f a true challenge of becoming who God meant you to be and being comfortable in your own skin. Grab the package and grab some friends. I Dare you to take the Challenge — The Mental Fitness Challenge!!

Chris Brady, best-selling author and Leadership Guru, recently published a blog called “Life Lessons“. I pray each one of you takes the time to read it and ponder some of its wisdom. The statement that jumped out at me was “In my journal”. How many of us keep a journal? How many of us take the time to record our life? How many of us take all the great triumphs and trials of life and record them? How many of us wish we could remember that “one day” “when we did ___”? Ever stopped to think about why?

I recently hit one of those mile-stone birthdays and started to think about what has been accomplished under the heading ‘Aron J. Radosa’. Now, I am not here to get into some deep, philosophical trench on the meaning of life or the aches and pains of time lost. I believe too many people spend their time on regrets and not on what is now and next. Back to this whole journal thing, John Eldredge, author of the best-selling, Wild at Heart, also wrote a book called, “Epic”. It is a great illustration of what J.R.R.Tolkien wrote, “I wonder what sort of tale we’ve fallen into?” Anyone of history that has made a difference has written a journal. “In his journal, we find…” “His writings show us…” “Her diary gave us a whole new perspective on …” These statements are found throughout history. They come from the present time as we look back to gain wisdom and truth. With this in mind, why are we not writing down our life as we travel through it?

I think it stems from the feeling of insignificance that so many people feel. Not many feel that they have a tale to tell. It is as if we just move day-to-day without change. And to journal this would be the definition of insanity, do the same thing over and over and expect change. Who would care? I WOULD! Until I got around the founders of the LIFE company, I can honestly say my thoughts were more like, “who cares?!?” But so many people do. Your story brings life to others. Being in the strong community that LIFE has created, brings me around true heroes everyday. I love hearing the story of a trial and a triumph. I love hearing the story of how people met each other. I love the story of how someone’s career developed to this point. I love to ask veterans about their experiences. I am fascinated by YOUR story. Now write it down! Ronald and Nancy Reagan made a promise to each other to write down at least one sentence a day. As they looked back on that thought, it brought forth the rest of the story ( a little Paul Harvey-ease). It is as simple as that.

Now picture that wide-open vista. The rolling hills or the armies stretched across the horizon. You look to the right and the left and all that is needed is a nod of the head. A gesture that says “I AM WITH YOU TO THE END”. You hear the soundtrack of “Last of the Mohicans” or “Braveheart” or “Band of Brothers” playing on the wind. You are the main character, and it is your story. You play your part. And write it down for the world to know.